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Fig. 16.10
A screenshot of Tiananmen SquARed: Tank Man, 2011, 4Gentlemen, Location-based
augmented reality, ©4Gentlemen. Description: “Tiananmen SquARed” is a two part augmented
reality public art project and memorial, dedicated human rights and democracy worldwide
scenario akin to the world presented in the film “They Live”, directed by John
Carpenter. In that world, special sunglasses revealed subliminal images and the
real information underlying physical media (newspapers, billboards), in a reality
augmented by messages of alien persuasion (obey, consume, watch TV, etc.).
Today, additional layers of information are conveyed directly to people living in
the smart city.
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is a secret casting set in the Italian Alphaville; Turin is also a famous
esoteric city like Lione, Praga and San Francisco and one of the most innovative
city (see Fig.
16.11
). A perfect scenario for a cyber noir tale, a perfect place to
hide secrets and puzzles. People find an invisible city, where daily surfaces hide
a psychotronic story, fragmented in the city spaces. Intervention took place in
symbolic locations around town, creating a hybrid event at the crossroads of digital
art, urban space and hacking. Here, real and virtual space interact so as to create a
single social environment, made possible ever since digital space became an integral
part of the city itself. The game is therefore an urban hack, the reappropriation of
public space via intervention directly on the streets, squares and roads, and under
